Las Vegas police dog Hunter is shown recovering from his injuries at his home on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The K9 was stabbed while on duty on Saturday. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Las Vegas police dog Hunter is shown recovering from his injuries at his home on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The K9 was stabbed while on duty on Saturday. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Las Vegas police dog Hunter is shown recovering from his injuries at his home on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The K9 was stabbed while on duty on Saturday. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Las Vegas police dog Hunter is shown recovering from his injuries at his home on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The K9 was stabbed while on duty on Saturday. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Las Vegas police dog Hunter is shown recovering from his injuries at his home on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The K9 was stabbed while on duty on Saturday. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Joseph Arquilla (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Las Vegas patrol dog Hunter recovering at home with his K-9 handler, officer Jeff Corbett, after undergoing surgery for stab wounds suffered during a barricade situation on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. (Jeff Corbett)
Las Vegas police dog Hunter is comforted by his handler, Jeff Corbett, after the dog was rushed into surgery following a stabbing Saturday morning, Oct. 26, 2019. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department/Twitter)
Las Vegas police dog Hunter is comforted by his handler, Jeff Corbett, after the dog was rushed into surgery following a stabbing Saturday morning, Oct. 26, 2019. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department/Twitter)
Metro patrol dog Hunter, seen with his handler Jeff Corbett, was stabbed in the neck by a suspect and rushed into surgery Saturday morning, Oct. 26, 2019. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Tactical physician for Metropolitan Police DepartmentÕs SWAT and Search & Rescue, Dr. Marc O Griofa, updates the media about Las Vegas police dog HunterÕs recovery after he suffered stab wounds while helping take a wanted man into custody during a barricade over the weekend, at Metro Headquarters in in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
A man suspected of stabbing a Las Vegas police dog in the neck during a barricade Saturday morning faces seven felony counts, according to jail and court records.
Joseph Arquilla, 27, remained in custody Monday at the Clark County Detention Center on one count of mistreatment of a police animal and six counts of resisting an officer with a deadly weapon.
The Metropolitan Police Department patrol dog, Hunter, was resting at home as of Monday with his K-9 handler, officer Jeff Corbett. The Belgian Malinois, which has been with the department since 2012, was rushed into surgery Saturday morning.
Police said that just before 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Arquilla climbed onto the roof of a business near South Eastern Avenue and East Warm Springs Road. It wasn’t immediately clear why, although police at the time said he did not appear to be suicidal.
When officers arrived, Arquilla, who was apparently armed with a knife, refused to come down, prompting a request for assistance from Metro SWAT and K-9 units.
Hunter was stabbed in the neck multiple times while helping take Arquilla into custody, police said.
Arquilla does not appear to have any criminal history in Clark County, according to court records. He was expected in Las Vegas Justice Court on Tuesday morning for a status hearing in his case.
